/5/In telegram 3436 from Copenhagen, February 23, the Embassy reported that General Ramberg, Chief of Defense, Danish Armed Forces, had explained to the Embassy Counselor the previous evening that Danish anti-nuclear weapons policy was first authoritatively enunciated on December 2, 1957, at a NATO Ministerial meeting when Hansen stated that Denmark did not want nuclear weapons on its soil. Ramberg emphasized that Danish officials had always regarded this as an expression of the belief that nuclear weapons should not be stored on the soil of European Denmark. Ramberg was sure Hansen's remarks were uttered in a context that excluded Greenland. "At most, one might say prohibition against storage of nuclear weapons on Greenland was intended; certainly prohibition against overflights was never contemplated--particularly since overflights were guaranteed by 1951 treaty." (National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, DEF 17 US)...

Få dage efter mødes en anden dansk militærperson, general Ramberg, med en amerikansk diplomat. Her erklærer Ramberg, at "danske embedsmænd altid havde opfattet" det danske atomforbud "som et udtryk for, at atomvåben ikke skulle opbevares eller opstilles på jorden i europæisk Danmark". Det danske atomforbud omfattede altså ikke Grønland... já fínt